AGM 2009

Presentations and/or documents now available from the 2009 LGANT AGM. Click above.

Delegates who attended the event must submit their travel claims by November, 2009, in order to be reimbursed. Click above.

Agenda At A Glance:

October 26 (Monday) - Travel Day to Yellowknife

October 27 (Tuesday) - Full Day

October 28 (Wednesday) - Full Day

October 29 (Thursday) - Full Day

October 30 (Friday) - Travel Day Home

Registration

$50.00 per person Member
$100.00 per person Non-Member

Delegates Registered

Communities:

Terry Testart, SAO, Behchoko Community Government
Fred Rabisca, Band Manager, Charter Community of Fort Good Hope (K'asho Got'ine)
Carl Bird, Director Corporate Services, City of Yellowknife
Randy Bergen, SAO, Gameti Community Government
Evelyn Storr, SAO, Hamlet of Aklavik
Lena Egotak, SAO, Hamlet of Ulukhaktok
Scotty Edgerton, SAO, Hamlet of Enterprise
John McKee, SAO, Hamlet of Fort Liard
Debbie Gordon-Ruben, SAO, Hamlet of Paulatuk
Agnes Hardisty, Executive Assistant, Jean Marie River First Nation
Ruby Landry, Council Manager, Ka'a'gee Tu First Nation (Kakisa)
Diane Simba, Admin. Assistant, Ka'a'gee Tu First Nation (Kakisa)
Ruby Jumbo, SAO, Sambaa Ke Dene Band (Trout Lake)
Ian Freemantle, Town Manager, Town of Norman Wells
John Holland, SAO, Town of Fort Smith
Sara Brown, SAO, Town of Inuvik
Lorna Beaulieu, Assistant SAO, Village of Fort Simpson
Grace C. Angel, SAO, Wekweeti Community Government
Dan Moore, SAO, Whati Community Government - Tlicho
Nora Taylor, HR Manager, Yellowknives Dene First Nation

Other:

Doug Topinka, Director (Zone 5), Local Government Administrators Association of Alberta,
(CAO, Town of Athabasca)
Melody Wolansky, Assistant CAO, Town of Athabasca
Penny Johnson, Coordinator, Strategic Initiatives, Municipal & Community Affairs, GNWT
Sabrina Broadhead, Manager, Training & Development, Municipal & Community Affairs, GNWT
Kyly Green, Manager, Program Services, Northern Employee Benefits Services
Terry Kruger, Policy & Communications Manager, NWT Association of Communities
Yvonne Fleming, Sr. Finance Officer/Executive Assistant, NWT Association of Communities
Rachel McNeill, Account Manager, Kellett Communications

Staff:

Brian Desjardins, Executive Director, LGANT

Travel Assistance

Travel Claim Form

Travel is available to attend the conference. Please note that LGANT is a non-profit organization and does not provide travel assistance. This expense is the responsibility of the community. However, the Association has secured travel assistance from MACA (thank you to MACA!) to assist with travel to Yellowknife.

Only one (1) delegate per local community government is eligible to receive travel assistance. You must be a SAO, Town Manager, Band Manager, CEO or other designated senior administrative staff person.

Travel assistance includes: air and/or road travel, accommodations (3 nights maximum - room & tax only). Travel assistance DOES NOT include: per diem expenses incurred by participants, honorariums or any other expenses.

Participants must complete the travel expense form and submit receipts for air travel and accommodations after the event by November 27, 2009 in order to be reimbursed. Submissions after this date will NOT be reimbursed.

Hotel Partner

A special rate of $164.00 per night for a standard room is being offered at the Explorer Hotel.

When booking please indicate Block Code: LGANT

Blocked rooms will be released by October 14th. Please reserve now.

The Explorer Hotel (www.explorerhotel.ca)
Phone: 1-800-661-0892

Air Travel

First Air (www.firstair.ca) is pleased to offer discounted fares from Edmonton, Hay River, Inuvik, Fort Simpson, Holman, Whitehorse and Rankin Inlet to Yellowknife for the Local Government Administrators of the NWT (LGANT) Annual General Meeting being held in Yellowknife October 27-29th, 2009.

For reservations, passengers must quote the conference number CF0909293 by phone to a customer service agent in order to obtain the discounted rate. All bookings can be made through our Reservations Department at 1-800- 267-1247.

Details of the discounted fares and booking: Hay River, Inuvik, Fort Simpson, Holman, Whitehorse and Rankin Inlet to Yellowknife - Q fare minus 35%

Edmonton to Yellowknife – A fare (lowest available fare - restrictions waived). The ticket is valid for travel from October 22 to November 1, 2009.

THANK YOU FOR FLYING FIRST AIR!

Meeting Venue

All meetings at: the Explorer Hotel, Katimavik Room C

The Explorer Hotel (www.explorerhotel.ca)
Phone: 1-800-661-0892

Contact

If you require further information on these arrangements, please contact:

Brian Desjardins
Executive Director
Local Government Administrators of the NWT
867-765-5630 Phone
867-765-5635 Fax
briand@lgant.com

Presentations
Presentations and/or documents from the 2009 LGANT AGM below.

Tuesday, October 27

* Registration Desk Partnered by Northern Employee Benefits Services *

9:00am – 9:15am LGANT Welcome & Opening

* Morning Sessions Partnered by Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators *

9:15am – 10:45am Recruiting the Facebook Generation – Winning the New War for Talent

Speaker: Tod Maffin

Tod Maffin is widely recognized as a leading international authority on the strategic use of social media and how new and emerging technologies are affecting every part of education and business — from human resources to training to mental health. Employee turnover can increase business costs significantly. Turnover is particularly costly when the economy is experiencing a period of low unemployment. This fosters a job-shifting environment, which results in lost productivity and increased recruitment time periods. Therefore it is pertinent that employers attract quality employees and increase retention efforts. Facebook Generation - They’re fickle, media-savvy, highly-connected and living on the cutting-edge of technology. And if your organization still tries to find your future leadership through old-school recruiting techniques like stale ads in papers, there’s a nasty shock in store. Leading-edge firms are harnessing and exploiting the powerful networking forces in social media Web sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to find and recruit the future workforce. In this fast-paced, entertaining presentation, Tod Maffin walks audiences through the minefield of challenges involved in this new world of talent management and delivers invaluable insights into the future generation of workers: where to find them, how to attract them, and, perhaps most importantly, how to keep them engaged, motivated and fully productive.

10:45 – 11:00am Nutrition Break - * Partnered by Kellett Communications Inc. *

11:00 – 12:00noon Human Resources Planning & Integrated Community Sustainability Plans

Speaker: Penny Johnson, Coordinator Strategic Initiatives (MACA, SOCG)

12:00 – 1:15pm Lunch Provided

* Afternoon Sessions Partnered by Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators *

1:15 – 2:45pm Public Services Capacity Initiative

Due to various pressures, local community governments and the GNWT Departments are experiencing difficulties in attracting and retaining qualified staff. The Local Government Administrators of the NWT, NWT Association of Communities, Municipal and Community Affairs, and the Department of Human Resources have formed a steering committee to address these issues. The committee will be presenting a workplan of solutions and projects for mitigating recruitment and retention issues of local community government senior administrators.

Speakers: PSC Steering Committee

2:45 – 3:00pm Nutrition Break - * Partnered by AECOM *

3:00 – 4:30pm Taking Crazy Back – A New Roadmap for Mental Health in the Workplace

Speaker: Tod Maffin

With depression rates soaring in the workplace, do we need a radical new way of providing mental health services to our employees? Tod Maffin thinks so. Once the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar technology firm, Tod’s workload and always-on personality finally caught up with him and over the following years, he was crippled by a devastating depression — all the while struggling to appear to be productive to employers and colleagues, and happy and healthy to his friends and family. In this provocative keynote speech, Tod will reveal to your delegates how this always-connected landscape has seduced all of us into endless multitasking and infinite email, — all the while pretending that this increasing workload is the best thing for “productivity.” And he will outline his own bold strategy for bringing mental health discussion out of the shadows in a way that will challenge your attendees for years to come.

4:30pm Debriefing

6:30pm President’s Dinner – * Partnered by Brownlee LLP *

Wednesday, October 28

* All Sessions, Lunch and Nutrition Breaks Partnered by Municipal and Community Affairs through the Public Service Capacity Initiative *

8:30am – 4:00pm Workshop on Employee Retention and Engagement

Speaker: Donna Schendel, Canadian Training Resources

Donna Schendel is Vice President of Human Resources for a health care organization with over 1700 employees. Donna sits as a member of the senior Executive team, providing strategic direction and Human Resources expertise within the organization. In her role as Vice President, her mandate is to deliver strategic HR services, collaborating with management, employees and unions to effectively build and maintain the relationships needed to support the organization and employees and to create and maintain a viable and sustainable workforce. Donna is a Human Resource professional who is a motivating and confident leader, trainer and facilitator. She has worked in progressively more senior Human Resource positions, consulting in all areas of people management, employee performance, case management, employee development, conflict resolution, mediation, training and development. Donna received her formal education through the University of Calgary and has her Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP) designation and more than 15 years experience. She has designed, developed and delivered seminars and workshops, and has been directly involved in consulting, coaching and leadership training. Her passionate presentations infuse a sense of humor and provide a balanced no-nonsense approach to leadership. Employee Retention and Engagement is critical to the long term health and success of your business. Effective strategies to retain great employees can be the single biggest cost savings and business advantage a company can have and is said to be the number one business initiative in most organizations. Workforce planning, to recruit and keep desirable workers should be a key business strategy. When good employees leave, the problem affects your entire organization. The cost of employees turnover has a negative impact on more than your bottom line. Losing good employees affects the morale and performance of your remaining employees which, in turn, increases the risk of losing additional employees. This highly interactive workshop will allow participants to engage in discussion and strategize on effective retention initiatives for their own organization.

Thursday, October 29

* Morning Sessions Partnered by NWT Association of Communities*

8:30 – 10:00am LGANT Annual General Meeting

Approval of Agenda
Welcome by President & Round-the-table Introductions
President’s Report
Adoption of 2008 AGM Minutes
Adoption of the 2008-2009 Audited Financial Statements
Appointment of Auditor for 09-10
Review of the 09-10 Interim Budget Report
Executive Director Report
Elections - Call for Nominations and Election of Board of Directors
Nominees Forum (5 minutes per person)
Adjournment

10:00 – 10:15am Nutrition Break - * Partnered by Northland Utilities (Yellowknife) Limited *

10:15 – 11:00am Committee Updates by Members & Open Discussion

Prepare for afternoon session with senior officials of Municipal and Community Affairs

11:00 – 12noon Northern Communities Insurance Program - Risk Control Incentive Program

Speaker: Ron Dennill, Manager, NCIP

12noon – 1:15pm Lunch * Partnered by Northern Communities Insurance Program *

Meet & Greet with the Honourable Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs,
Mr. Robert C. McLeod

* Afternoon Sessions Partnered by NWT Association of Communities*

1:15 – 2:00pm Community Wildfire Protection – An ENR Update

The Forest Management Division of ENR will provide an update on current progress with its Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWFPP) process as well as other current initiatives within the Community Protection program. There will be an opportunity for questions and to address concerns upon completion of the presentation.

Speaker: Travis Abbey, Wildfire Risk Management Coordinator, ENR Forest Management

2:00 – 3:00pm Northern Employee Benefits Services - Making the Case for NEBS Pension Legislation

Twenty-two community governments in the NWT are Members and shareholders of NEBS, a multi-employer group benefits and pension program. Most participate in the NEBS Pension Plan. NEBS will update LGANT Members on its efforts to get territorial pension benefits legislation that protects its 115 employer Members and 1700 employees in the NWT and Nunavut.

Speaker: Dennis Adams, CEO, NEBS

3:00 – 3:15pm Nutrition Break - * Partnered by Avery, Cooper & Co. *

3:15 – 5:00pm Session with Municipal & Community Affairs Senior Officials